Category: Science

Earth’s life-support systems are in peril — and they’re getting worse — but although the window for action is closing, we still have a chance

An artist’s reconstruction of what the newly described bird-like dinosaur (Norellraptor barsboldi) would have looked like. (Image credit: Mr. Zhao Chuang) A predatory bird-like dinosaur

The largest defensive wall at Oued Beht. Archaeologists think its base was constructed about 4,000 years ago.  (Image credit: G. Lucarini, Oued Beht Archaeological Project) Archaeologists

Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil [-17.788739460, -48.70589106] What’s in the photo? A giant, sponge-like dome towering above its surroundings Which satellite

Researchers have warned all summer that this year’s El Niño could be record-breaking and fuel extreme weather across the globe. Earlier this month, the U.K.

Newly discovered iron minerals could be the missing link in how water is stored in the deepest parts of Earth’s mantle and transported to the

Moving toward Lagrange point L2 around a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to begin its

The Battersea Shield was pulled out of the River Thames in 1857. (Image credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) QUICK FACTS Name:

This nighttime view of the United States, dotted with city lights looking toward New York City (center), was taken at approximately 3:40 a.m. local time

The late Ronald Graham wore two hats. He was a renowned mathematician, at one time president of the American Mathematical Society. He was also a

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 1,700-year-old limestone tomb with a rare poem inscribed on it in ancient Greek, likely from a son lamenting his

Starship has made it to orbit for the first time ever. But the loss of an engine during its nail-biting ascent meant SpaceX’s mission ended

An American spy satellite deployed during the Cold War has exploded above our planet without warning — and, so far, scientists can’t explain why. The